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BIDEN REGIME SUPPORTING TERRORISTS?

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The thing, you know, about the progressive communist terrorists is that they will do or say anything to gain or maintain political power.

Democratic Politics Shift Toward the View That Hamas Should Win
Israel’s critics will not be sated until Jerusalem is forced to accept the status quo ante.

Not even six full months have passed since the October 7 massacre, and already that act of unspeakable barbarity has been reduced to a passing aside in Democratic rhetorical assaults on Israeli perfidy — that is, when it is mentioned at all.

“Of course,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken began in remarks before reporters on Thursday, “what happened after October 7 could have ended immediately if Hamas had stopped hiding behind civilians, released the hostages, and put down its weapons.” Indeed. At any point in the war Hamas inaugurated, including the present moment, the conflict would end and a brighter day for the Palestinian people would dawn. Nothing else needed to be said. But Blinken continued.

Following a throat-clearing digression about the importance of drawing distinctions between Israeli democracy and a “terrorist organization,” he proceeded to mute those distinctions. “As has been said, whoever saves a life, saves the entire world. That’s our strength,” America’s chief diplomat mused wistfully. “It’s what distinguishes us from terrorists like Hamas. If we lose that reverence for human life, we risk becoming indistinguishable from those we confront.”

[OCS: Blinken chose an interesting quote. Because if he read the following verse, he would see the Muslim’s justification for killing Jews:

Quran 5:32 – “Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.”

Quran 5:33 – “Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,]

The implication in this poetic digression is that it will be Israel’s fault when those who lack elementary powers of discretion discern no difference between the Jewish state and a nihilistic death cult that murdered, raped, and burned alive as many Jews as it could — including Americans. As a matter of fact, the observational deficiencies that would lead someone to endorse this hopeless moral equivalency are the observer’s problem. But the myopia Blinken described is increasingly endemic among his fellow Democrats.

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that Israel must submit “without delay” to an “immediate cease-fire” with Hamas. His remarks demonstrate that the U.S. does, in fact, endorse the United Nations resolution it only declined to veto in March, which called for just that. Biden’s remarks confirm that American policy toward Israel’s war has shifted dramatically. Biden has previously said that he intends to use his leverage over Israel to “extend” a temporary cessation of hostilities into something permanent, and he has admitted that Hamas would use that reprieve to “survive and maybe rebuild.”

What course is left to us but to reluctantly conclude that the administration’s preferred policy now is that Hamas should win the war it started on October 7? <Source>

Blinken is not an honest broker and may very well be a traitor to the United States.

There is no doubt that the Blinken family is tied to billionaire George Soros and has provided millions to George Soros's efforts through the efforts of Antony Blinken's father Donald Blinken. Additionally, Blinken's efforts to secrete Iran operatives in the highest levels of the government, with access to classified information, is well-documented in the pending case of Robert Malley, United States Special Envoy for Iran and lead negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Bottom line…

The truth is that the lying, corrupt, morally bankrupt Joe Biden doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Jews or Americans, his focus when he can focus, is on perpetual political power and his legacy as one of the world’s greatest politicians—outshining the fabricated legacy of Barack Obama in the process.

It is no longer a choice between the Democrats and Republicans but a choice between good and evil, between freedom and enslavement, and between God and Satan.

Why doesn't Biden demand the release of the hostages and the cessation of rocket fire? You know how far the democrats have strayed when barely coherent stroke victim U.S. Senator John Fetterman apparently recovers and starts making sense with his support of Israel. 

We are so screwed.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


BREAKING: NEW YORK – 4.8 EARTHQUAKE

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Science, you know the thing…

The Earth has been experiencing earthquakes ever since the formation of the crustal region. It is a natural process that nature uses to balance crustal stresses and strains. And like the constantly changing climate, it is independent of man’s infinitesimally minute impact on the Earth.

So, if you believe the progressive communist democrats and their pseudo-scientific bafflegab solutions of authoritarian public policies and taxation, then you are a Joe Biden-level mentally deficient malevolent moron.

Bottom line…

Nature’s message for mankind: adapt or die.

We are so screwed when the regime’s demigods believe they can resolve issues they can neither understand nor measure.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


WHY OUR COUNTRY IS FUCKED UP

One might expect that Seattle, Washington, known for its natural beauty, recreational opportunities, and high-tech environment (including the headquarters of Amazon, Adobe, Microsoft, and Boeing), would want to create an educational atmosphere that supports the best and brightest students.

Unfortunately, Seattle is one of those “woke” cities dominated by progressive communist democrats, many of whom are anti-America, anti-capitalists, and want to destroy the present for a mythical future under communism.

How else can you explain the sheer idiocy of promoting color over competence and adjusting societal norms to the lowest common denominator to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, often arranging public affairs to cater to the lowest percentile of accomplishment, education, and experience?

And how do you accommodate a never-ending stream of foreign students who lack English skills and cultural competence and parents who, themselves, are illiterate and unsupportive of education?

Color over competence…

Bafflegab from the school system…

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Highly Capable Neighborhood School Model
Seattle Public Schools Advanced Learning Services Model

Vision of Success

When our new Advanced Learning model is implemented across the district in local neighborhood schools, every student — particularly those furthest from educational justice — will have access to the learning services that meet their needs, so they can reach their full potential.

Why Advanced Learning is Changing

SPS has changed how we identify Advanced Learners and Highly Capable students to address historical inequity.

[OCS: Why should we be bound by the past, destroying everything we have done to progress to a better future?]

All teachers will provide teaching and learning that is delivered with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and differentiated to meet the needs of students within their grade level. The approach includes three tiers of service for students depending on individual needs, delivered in a way that honors individual cultures and backgrounds.

[OCS: It is unlikely that all teachers can provide teaching and learning that will be differentiated to meet the needs of their students within their grade level.]


From the news…

Seattle Public Schools shuts down gifted and talented program for being oversaturated with white and Asian students

Seattle Public Schools is dismantling its gifted and talented program, which administrators argued was oversaturated with white and Asian students, in favor of a more “inclusive, equitable and culturally sensitive” program.

The district began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort schools and classrooms for advanced students in the 2021-22 school year due to racial inequities, the school district notes.

The program will completely cease to exist by the 2027-28 school year, with a new enrichment-for-all model available in every school by the 2024-25 school year.

It will be more inclusive, equitable and culturally sensitive.

“In particular, students who have been historically excluded will now have the same opportunities for services as every other student and get the support and enrichment they need to grow.”

The enrichment program currently only allows students who placed in the top 2 percent on standardized exams to be placed in the Highly Capable Cohort to receive enriched learning.

The students would then be sorted into one of three elementary schools, five middle schools and three high schools.

But in 2020, the Seattle school board voted to terminate the program, after a 2018 survey found that the students in the Highly Capable Cohort were 13% multiracial, 11.8% Asian, 3.7% Hispanic and just 1.6% black. <Source>

Translation…

Seattle is phasing out its specialized public schools and moving all students into a single whole-classroom model where the teachers are expected to provide “individualized” instruction across the entire capability spectrum.

Of course, there is no mention of teacher competency testing on essential teaching skills or subject-matter knowledge, providing additional classroom personnel, limiting class size, or the significance of charter schools and student voucher programs where the money follows the student instead of being aggregated at the school district.

The program is bat-shit crazy, as one might expect from progressive communist democrats. Where will teachers find the skills and time to craft these individual instruction plans? All are complicated by a multi-lingual, multi-cultural program that mainstreams students unprepared for teaching in the same classroom.

What do you do when thuggish blacks threaten high-achieving blacks as bowing to whitey or worse? What do you do about parents so busy trying to earn a living that they return home tired and incapable of helping or motivating their children?

The educational elites have no clue about solving problems, and their only skill is the bafflegab jargon that obfuscates the problem and precludes viable solutions.

Why our nation continues to fall behind…

Decades ago, in high school, I was privileged to live next door to a famous physicist who paid me to physically cut and paste teaching materials from various sources so they could be photocopied onto single pages as student guides.

Returning from a scientific conference in Russia, he was amazed at school children doing what we would label advanced calculus in the lower grades. Furthermore, they weren’t taught calculus in a sterile mathematical environment but one filled with real-life scientific and engineering applications. He gifted me with a Russian physics book where I marveled that the answers to test problems were not hidden from students but were often a starting point for students to puzzle their way to an answer using text explanations.

He saw Ukrainian and Russian children in the lower grades, exceeding even the performance of American high school and college students. The difference he ironically observed was that there were no malignant union influences in the communist states. Children were permitted to work to their potential, and those who didn’t meet the high standards of elite institutions were shunted into trade programs where they could learn valuable skills. Commenting on Asian students, he found that parental pressure on students to compete at the highest levels was enormous, even mentioning the number of suicides for failing to achieve educational goals.

He thought I should learn three languages: Spanish because I lived in Southern California, and a smattering of Russian and Chinese because the traditional languages of science, German and French, were dying.

Bottom line…

This educational craziness is yet another example of the progressive communist democrats destroying America from within-- by creating yet another generation of functional illiterates well-versed in perverse sexual matters and political activism—not so much in life skills like reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and civics.

No wonder the regime is criminalizing parental protest as “domestic terrorism” and extremist activities for challenging a school board in an open meeting.

We are so screwed, and nothing will change until we eliminate the communist unions and their support for progressive communist democrats.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


TODAY'S HAPPY BLOG

My best friend Al keeps suggesting I write a happy blog…

Considering all the trouble and travails in our country today, the best I can do is…

I am happy that Al is my friend.

Al-happy
-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


IGNORE THE RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX, IT'S BEEN RE-BRANDED AS CHINA, CHINA, CHINA

Once again, the Obama/Biden/Clinton cabal is trying to refresh and re-run the disinformation ploy that allowed them to slander Donald Trump openly, coordinate a disinformation campaign in the legacy and social media space, and censor or de-platform dissidents criticizing the regime.

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From the corrupt “newspaper of record”…

NewYorkTimes.svgChina’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms
China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.

Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November, according to researchers and government officials.

[OCS: These are not “honest brokers” and support the current regime and progressive communist democrats.]

The accounts signal a potential tactical shift in how Beijing aims to influence American politics, with more of a willingness to target specific candidates and parties, including Mr. Biden.

[OCS: Why would the target Joe Biden, an unregistered foreign agent who supports China?]

In an echo of Russia’s influence campaign before the 2016 election, China appears to be trying to harness partisan divisions to undermine the Biden administration’s policies, despite recent efforts by the two countries to lower the temperature in their relations.

[OCS: Russia, Russia, Russia 2.0 – it worked before, so the progressive communist democrats are simply switching the script to China, China, China.]

In February, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported that China was expanding its influence campaigns to “sow doubts about U.S. leadership, undermine democracy and extend Beijing’s influence.” The report expressed concern that Beijing could use increasingly sophisticated methods to try to influence the American election “to sideline critics of China.”

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Dishonest brokers cited in the article…

For the Progressives: Institute for Strategic Dialogue

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue is a political advocacy organization founded in 2006 by Sasha Havlicek and George Weidenfeld and headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

ISD’s core activities range from traditional research output and policy advice to the facilitation of youth and practitioner networks and the development of counternarrative and technological tools to combat extremism. Funding for the ISD has come from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Omidyar Network, the Gen Next Foundation, and the George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.

<Source>

For the Establishment Neo-Cons: Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank and (since 2019) a registered lobbying organization based in Washington, D.C., United States.

According to former U.S. ambassador Dennis Jett, FDD "offers hardly any information on where its money comes from and where it goes". <Source>

For the regime: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

One of the least trustworthy and most politicized overseers of national intelligence, the agency was complicit in the false and misleading information used to target Donald Trump in the 2020 election and is the source of demonstrable disinformation. 

A new report by the U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday says Russia sought to help former President Donald Trump in last year's presidential election. But the document also emphasized there was no indication Russia or any other country attempted to alter actual votes.

Cui Bono (Latin for “who benefits?)…

Obviously, the last thing China wants in the White House is a strong leader like Donald Trump, especially when they own President Joe Biden, a mentally and physically challenged candidate who is manifestly unfit to serve as the President and Commander-in-Chief.

Google has heard the dog whistle…

Shifting Election Narratives and Tech Collusion: Federal Government Continues Outreach to Tech Companies
After a temporary alleged pause, government agencies are back colluding with tech platforms.

The “new unofficial rules” around US elections were set years ago: if one side wins, the integrity of the vote cannot be questioned at all; if they don’t, then it must be questioned.

And for Democrats the preferred way to do the latter is to bring up “foreign meddling.” This is now also done “preemptively,” ahead of a ballot.

And, this is proving to be useful in justifying many things, some of which should be considered blatantly illegal, such as the government colluding with private tech companies to censor speech online.

This type of brazen behavior could mean that the ruling apparatus is very sure of itself and its ability to get away with pretty much anything – or, that it is not confident at all it can get Biden reelected, and is making risky and perhaps desperate moves.

Like this: “The US intelligence community is ramping up work with technology companies ahead of the November elections as cybersecurity professionals search for new ways to combat foreign threats to the American electoral system that appeared unthinkable four years ago.”

But, if you frame it as spy agencies engaging in “partnership with tech companies,” and if you explain the need for it as a way to “secure elections” against the ever-meddling foreign bogeyman – the current White House clearly hopes its highly controversial activities can be sold as something positive. <Source>

YouTube Says It Has a “Responsibility” To Manipulate Algorithms Leading Up to the 2024 Election
YouTube has a plan to remove and suppress some content, and boost what it decides are "authoritative" sources.

R1 - "Remove content that violates our policy as quickly as possible."
R2 - "Raise up authoritative voices when people are looking for breaking news and information."
R3 - "Reward trusted, eligible creators and artists."
R4 - "Reduce the spread of content that brushes right up against our policy line."

But when all that's said, there's the overarching issue of YouTube's "responsibility." To do what, you might wonder - give its users/creators the best tools and opportunities - or act as proxy campaigner for a certain political and ideological option, in the US, but also, elsewhere in the world?
YouTube's self-professed "4 R's of responsibility" may or may not provide some insight into what the answer to that serious question might be. <Source>

Bottom line…

BOHICA: Here it comes again--misinformation, disinformation, and censorship.

My guideline: if it appears in the legacy media and is about Biden, it’s likely to be wrong, and if it appears in the legacy media and is about Trump, it’s likely to be incorrect. The lesson is that you can’t trust the legacy media.

As for social media, look for well-established, long-term hosts who are not themselves celebrities or shills.

Buyer Beware!

We are so screwed when you can’t trust your government or the media.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS TELLS INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES TO STEP OFF

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Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

Along with the uber-smart and ever-amusing U.S. Senator John Neely Kennedy (R-LA) whose on-target humorous insights enliven dull Senate hearings and hold panel witnesses and confirmation candidates accountable, it seems the Louisiana State Republicans have stepped up in lockstep to affirm Louisiana’s commitment to sovereignty and local governance--further emphasizing the State’s position on international cooperation and mandates.

Louisiana Senate Bill 133

Proposed law provides that the World Health Organization, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction or power within the state of Louisiana.

Proposed law further provides that no rule, regulation, fee, tax policy, or mandate of any kind of the World Health Organization, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall be enforced or implemented by the state of Louisiana or any agency, department, board, commission, political subdivision, governmental entity of the state, parish, municipality, or any other political entity.

Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 49:24)

Sponsored by Republican Senators Thomas Pressly, Valarie Hodges, and Representative Kathy Edmonston, the bill was passed in the Senate (37 yeas, 0 nays) and is now awaiting further action in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Bottom line…

Short, easy to understand, and on-point legislation from a united Republican Senate. If only those conditions existed in the U.S. Senate and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had the balls to put forth similar legislation and then hold the GOP caucus together to pass it.

We are so screwed, especially by rogue, grandstanding Senators.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


DEMOCRAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF FREEDOM

Welcome to “oppositeville,” where inversions in definitions or meanings are the rule, not the exception…

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It’s not uncommon among politicians to say one thing when the opposite is closer to the truth. 

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Consider what we have seen and experienced since Biden took office...

  • Chaos
  • Violence
  • Lies
  • Bans
  • Tantrums

There should be no doubt that the practice of using vague or opposite definitions is a form of political manipulation and deception designed to obscure meaning and a method that allows politicians and others to evade responsibility and accountability for their malign actions.

George Orwell again…

George Orwell, in his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” wrote:

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.”

"The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.' The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using that word if it were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different."

Hence, the progressive communist democrats label Donald Trump a fascist, not because he is fascist, but that he is grossly undesirable when compared to the abominable Joe Biden, an individual so corrupted, incompetent, and demented that he is, by any definition, unfit to serve as the President of the United States.

Consider the official designations of countries that use “democratic,” “republic,” or “People’s” in their official titles—and their actual form of governance …

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
  • Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
  • Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
  • Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (formerly known as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
  • Republic of Albania
  • People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • Republic of Angola
  • Republic of Armenia
  • Republic of Austria
  • Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Republic of Benin
  • Republic of Botswana
  • Federative Republic of Brazil
  • Republic of Bulgaria
  • Republic of Burundi
  • Republic of Cabo Verde
  • Republic of Chad
  • Republic of Chile
  • Republic of Colombia
  • Republic of Costa Rica
  • Republic of Croatia
  • Republic of Cuba
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Dominican Republic
  • Republic of Ecuador
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Republic of El Salvador
  • Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  • Republic of Estonia
  • Republic of Fiji
  • Republic of Finland
  • French Republic (France)
  • Gabonese Republic (Gabon)
  • Republic of the Gambia
  • Hellenic Republic (Greece)
  • Republic of Guatemala
  • Republic of Guinea
  • Republic of Guinea-Bissau
  • Republic of Haiti
  • Republic of Honduras
  • Republic of Hungary
  • Republic of Iceland
  • Republic of India
  • Republic of Indonesia
  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Republic of Iraq
  • Italian Republic (Italy)
  • Republic of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Republic of Kenya
  • Republic of Kiribati
  • Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)
  • Republic of Latvia
  • Lebanese Republic (Lebanon)
  • Republic of Liberia
  • Republic of Lithuania
  • Republic of Madagascar
  • Republic of Malawi
  • Republic of Maldives
  • Republic of Mali
  • Republic of Malta
  • Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • Republic of Mauritius
  • United Mexican States (Mexico)
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Principality of Monaco
  • Republic of Mongolia
  • Republic of Montenegro
  • Republic of Mozambique
  • Republic of Namibia
  • Republic of Nauru
  • Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Republic of North Macedonia
  • Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Republic of Palau
  • Republic of Panama
  • Republic of Paraguay
  • Republic of Peru
  • Republic of the Philippines
  • Republic of Poland
  • Portuguese Republic (Portugal)
  • Republic of Rwanda
  • Republic of San Marino
  • Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Republic of Senegal
  • Republic of Serbia
  • Republic of Seychelles
  • Republic of Sierra Leone
  • Republic of Singapore
  • Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
  • Republic of Slovenia
  • Republic of Somalia
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Republic of South Korea
  • Republic of South Sudan
  • Republic of Suriname
  • Republic of Tajikistan
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Togolese Republic (Togo)
  • Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisian Republic (Tunisia)
  • Republic of Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Republic of Uganda
  • Eastern Republic of Uruguay
  • Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Republic of Vanuatu
  • Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Republic of Yemen
  • Republic of Zambia
  • Republic of Zimbabwe
  • People’s Republic of China
  • People’s Republic of Bangladesh
  • People’s Republic of Kampuchea (now Cambodia)
  • People’s Republic of Mozambique
  • People’s Republic of Angola
  • People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (formerly North Yemen)
  • People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • People’s Democratic Republic of Laos
  • People’s Republic of Bulgaria (formerly)
  • People’s Republic of the Congo (formerly)

Of these countries, only France, Germany, India, Italy, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), the Republic of Poland, the Republic of South Africa, and Brazil come close to a meaning understood by ordinary individuals in the United States. 

These countries have “democratic systems” in which the people elect representatives to govern on their behalf, and they adhere to principles such as the rule of law, separation of powers, and protection of individual rights. This is in contrast to dictatorships, monarchies, and governance by a cabal of elites who serve oligarchs and special interests. It’s worth noting that there are variations in structure, governance, and deviations based on their historical, cultural, and political contexts.

Bottom line…

Progressive communist democrats, like sociopaths, walk away from the mayhem they create without a moment of regret.

There should be no doubt that using vague or opposite definitions is a form of political manipulation and deception designed to obscure meaning. It allows politicians and others to evade responsibility and accountability for their malign actions.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


NATURE IS AS NATURE DOES

Time-warp
In their zeal to advance their radical progressive communist democrat agenda, some are attempting to co-opt and politicize science to justify their increasing taxation and authoritarianism.

Fact: To the best of our scientific knowledge of our universe, nature does not define time, and time is relative to your frame of reference in the space-time continuum. Space-time does not evolve; it simply exists. <Source>

However, duration, the apparent time between events, is measurable, albeit with some degree of referential and instrumental error.

So why do I care if a natural phenomenon like the perpetual climate changes in our evolving universe causes a slight disruption in our artificial timekeeping system? Does this natural phenomenon affect my life, or is it just another headline to raise awareness of the corrupt agenda of those seeking to manipulate our political system?

The headlines…

Here’s what the research paper says…

A global timekeeping problem postponed by global warming

Abstract

The historical association of time with the rotation of Earth has meant that Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) closely follows this rotation. Because the rotation rate is not constant, UTC contains discontinuities (leap seconds), which complicates its use in computer networks. Since 1972, all UTC discontinuities have required that a leap second be added. Here we show that increased melting of ice in Greenland and Antarctica, measured by satellite gravity, has decreased the angular velocity of Earth more rapidly than before. Removing this effect from the observed angular velocity shows that since 1972, the angular velocity of the liquid core of Earth has been decreasing at a constant rate that has steadily increased the angular velocity of the rest of the Earth. Extrapolating the trends for the core and other relevant phenomena to predict future Earth orientation shows that UTC as now defined will require a negative discontinuity by 2029. This will pose an unprecedented problem for computer network timing and may require changes in UTC to be made earlier than is planned. If polar ice melting had not recently accelerated, this problem would occur 3 years earlier: global warming is already affecting global timekeeping. <Source>

[OCS: Most scientific systems use atomic clocks and not computerized clocks. Computer clocks are not only notoriously inaccurate because the frequency that makes time increase is never exactly right, but they must be re-synced with external sources to be helpful. So if scientists must adjust the master clocks periodically, it has absolutely no effect on mere mortals.]

Bottom line…

That our Earth and atomic clocks are in sync is terrific. However, nature does not care, and its processes proceed regardless of man’s intervention.

While the research is admirable and adds to man’s understanding of nature, its portrayal by the media in the tonal context of the assumed harmful nature of climate change and is little more than political propaganda.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS